Device guide · Fire TV Stick

How to Play M3U Playlists on Amazon Fire TV Stick

Fire TV devices can play M3U playlists with VLC, which is available for free in the Amazon Appstore.

What you need

  • An Amazon Fire TV Stick or Fire TV
  • An M3U / M3U8 playlist link

Steps

  1. Install VLC

    From the Fire TV home screen, use Find → Search, type VLC and install VLC for Fire.

  2. Open a network stream

    Open VLC, go to Network or Stream and choose to open a network stream. Enter the playlist link.

  3. Watch

    VLC loads the channels in the playlist. Select one to play.

Try it in your browser first

No install needed. Doubo’s web player opens free live channels right away, and plays your own M3U links too.

Open the web player

Need a playlist?

Doubo’s free channel directory lists channels that broadcasters make publicly available, as M3U links you can paste into any player.

Browse free channels

Questions

Do I need to sideload anything?

No. VLC is in the Amazon Appstore, so there is nothing to install from outside sources.

Can I use Kodi on Fire TV instead?

Yes. Kodi with PVR IPTV Simple Client works on Fire TV; see the Kodi guide.

Coming soon to the App Store Google Play — coming soon See the roadmap

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